Voodoo versus Fishing Committees: The Role of Traditional and Contemporary Institutions in Fischeries Management
We study the co-existence of two community-based institutions for fisheries management in Benin: a traditional institution embedded in the Voodoo religion and a recent secular institution in the form of fishing committees. Using household survey data on fishing activities, we find that rules of both institutions have a statistically significant but small impact on the use of unsustainable fishing gear. We further find that Voodoo fishers who break the traditional Voodoo-based rule follow the fishing committee rule to the same extent as other fishers. This finding is consistent with a possible transition from the traditional Voodoo-based institution to the secular fishing committee institution. More research is needed to fully assess the effectiveness of, and interactions between, the two institutions.
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2015
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Authors: | Alonso, Elena Briones ; Houssa, Romain ; Verpoorten, Marijke |
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Munich : Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo) |
Subject: | community-based natural resource management | institutions | religion | Voodoo | fisheries | Benin |
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freely available
Series: | CESifo Working Paper ; 5243 |
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Type of publication: | Book / Working Paper |
Type of publication (narrower categories): | Working Paper |
Language: | English |
Other identifiers: | 820302376 [GVK] hdl:10419/108795 [Handle] RePec:ces:ceswps:_5243 [RePEc] |
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